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On Eating and Life: I Know You Understand
I’ve been a little radio silent around here for a bit. Mostly because I’ve been eating. Or thinking about eating. Or planning the eating.
To be fair, this is the case for me All the Time. I like food. But in my defense at this particular time, my friend Maggie and I just held our first ever Food and Wine Retreat, so All the Thinking About Food = LEGIT.
I cannot adequately express how very … Continue Reading “On Eating and Life: I Know You Understand”
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The Pictures You Don’t See on Facebook: PTSD and My Son’s Service Dog Hero
We went on vacation last week, and it’s not lost on me that we’re now part of a narrowing group of American families who can afford ridiculous luxuries like paid time off and time together in the sun and water. Never mind that this holiday was paid for by Nana and Papa, and not us; we won’t pretend generous grandparents involved in their grandkids’ lives and with the means to gift us family time isn’t … Continue Reading “The Pictures You Don’t See on Facebook: PTSD and My Son’s Service Dog Hero”
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Christmas Came Early: Introducing Someone Very Special…
The tentative whispers and the cautious what ifs — the quiet perhapses and the hesitant maybes — can change your life.
I know they’ve changed mine.
Again and again, the what ifs and maybes changed mine.
Like, maybe I love him. And, what if I marry him? And, perhaps I should follow my heart.
Changed my life.
They were toes in the water and the slow first steps, those perhapses of wondering which were born … Continue Reading “Christmas Came Early: Introducing Someone Very Special…”
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An Open Letter to You From a Mama of Kids With Special Needs
An Open Letter to You
From a Mama of Kids With Special NeedsDear You,
Dear You, my friend,
Dear You, my neighbor,
Dear You who have kids without special needs… kids with just, you know, the usual slew of bottomless needs,
Dear You who are kids,
Dear You who were once kids,
Dear You,
I want to tell you about my son.
Just for a minute.
And about me and what it’s … Continue Reading “An Open Letter to You From a Mama of Kids With Special Needs”
